Car-coupling



(No Model.)

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GAR COUPLING; N0. 279,312. Patented June 12,1883.

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CHARLES E. APPELL, or HARRISBURG, TEXAS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,312, dated June 12,1883. Application filed March 2d, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. APPELL, of Harrisburg, Harris county,Texas, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Coupling, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention'consists in the combination, with a draw-head, of anL-shaped lever pivoted in' the same and provided at its angle with alug, which L-shaped lever has a coupling-pin suspended from the end ofthe long arm, and has its short arm passed into an aperture in the innerend of a bar sliding in the bottom of the draw-head, whereby when thelug is depressed the coupling-pin will be raised and the bar in thedraw-head will push the link out from the end of the draw-head.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures. I

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved car-coupling,showing the couplingpin raised. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation of the same, showing the coupling pin lowered. Fig. 3 is across-sectional elevation of the same on the line x :r, Fig. 2; and Fig.4 is a plan view of the under side of the sliding bar in the draw-head.

The draw-head A is provided with a longitudinal slot, B, inthe rear partof its top, in which slot an L-shaped lever, G, is pivoted in such amanner that the short arm projects down into the draw-head, and the longarm extends toward the front over the top of the draw-head. The outerend of the-long arm passes through an eye or loop in the top of thecoupling-pin D. The lower end of the short arm of the lever 0 passesinto a slot or aperture, E, in the inner end of a bar, F, resting on theup per surface of the bottom of the drawhead, and adapted to slidelongitudinally on the same. The outer end of the bar F is provided witha horizontal fork, G, which projects beyond the end of the bar, andforms a rabb'et, Hfat the outer end of the bar. At its angle the lever Cis provided with a lug, J, projecting toward the end of the car, onwhich lug a verticallysliding rod, K, rest-s, which extends to the topof the car. If desired, a cam on a transverse shaft can rest on the lugJ, so that the coupling can be operated from the sides of the car.

The operation is as follows: If the car is to be uncoupled, the lug J ispressed downward by means of the rod K or some other device, whereby thecoupling-pin D will be raised and the bar F pushed toward the outer endof the draw-head, and will push the link L partly out of the draw -head.If the car is to be coupled, the pin is raised in the manner described,and then lowered when the link has entered. The projecting part G of.the bar F holds the link horizontally, so that it can readily pass intothe opposite draw-head.

My oar-coupling has no springs, is simple in construction, and strongand durable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. The vertical sliding rod K, combined with the lever0, having the rear lug, J, arranged to support said rod, as shown anddescribed.

2. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head A, of the L-shaped lever (l, having lug J, the coupling-pin D, suspended from thelong arm ofthe lever G, the sliding bar F, provided at its outer endwith a projection,G, and at its inner end with an aperture, E, intowhich the short arm of the lever passes, and devices for pressing thelug J downward, substantially as herein shown and described, and for thepurpose set forth.

3. In a car-coupling, the combination, with the draw-head A, of theL-shaped lever 0, having a lug, J, the coupling-pin D, the sliding barF, and the vertically-sliding rod K, resting on the lug J, substantiallyas herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. V

CHAS. E. APPELL.

Vitnesses: H. SOHERFFINS,

A. L. STEELE.

